Direct Support Professional - Behavioral Supports

Are you passionate about psychology, mental well being, and making your community a better place? Are you patient and skilled at fostering healthy relationships? Then what could be more worthwhile than positively impacting the lives of others? If you want to find purpose through service to others, you’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for

Intensive Support Associates to join our team in Anchorage, Alaska.

Hope Community Resources, Inc. is a non-profit disabilities service provider based in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1968, our company provides services and supports to people of all ages and abilities who experience an intellectual, developmental, or other disability, traumatic brain injury, or mental health challenge.

The Intensive Supports Associate (

ISA) provides services to Hope support recipients by providing direct care support and services to those who have challenging behaviors and intensive support needs. This position takes appropriate steps, utilizing agency or treatment directed supports and trainings to deescalate individuals who may become physically or verbally aggressive. The ISA may be assigned to work in an Agency home or may work with support recipients in the community or in support recipients’ homes. The ISA understands the serious nature of a person’s history while supporting them to live a meaningful life of dignity.

Responsibilities include:

• Provides continual heightened vigilance in supervision and monitoring required for the safety of the support recipient and/or others while teaching activities of daily living, as well as social and communication skills to foster independence.
  
• Assists with support recipients� participation in community inclusion activities
  
• Provides opportunities for support recipients to work on goals and objectives as outlined in Plans of Care and/or various other support plans.
  
• Ensures compliance with appropriate behavioral limits specified within the Plans of Care, Behavior Support Plans, Individualized Interaction Guidelines, Emergency Response Plans, and prescribed mental health coping strategies or treatment interventions, as applicable.
  

• High School diploma or GED; and
  
• Six (6) months experience as a DSP at Hope Community Resources, Inc; or
  
• One year of experience working with people who experience disabilities or challenging behaviors. Experience with aggressive behaviors or other intensive supports that may include continual heightened vigilance in supervision and monitoring, formalized behavior management strategies, and/or verbal and physical de-escalation techniques preferred
  
• Driver's License, personal vehicle, and clean driving record
  
• Comfortable providing personal care and hygiene assistance
  

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Benefits Overview

• Excellent Corporate Culture
  
• Flexible Work Schedules
  
• Part-time and Full-time Available
  
• Employee Assistance & Life Assistance Programs
  
• 403(b) with Company Match
  
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
  
• Paid Leave
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Disability Insurance
  

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